By Steve Stammers For Mailonline
Published: 14:40 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 16:00 BST, 13 April 2019
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The Tottenham team sheet said it all. Then Lucas Moura had his say.
The Brazilian hit a hat-trick which will have been noted at Manchester City.
Spurs will be without Harry Kane on Wednesday when combat is resumed in the Champions League.
Lucas Moura scored a superb hat-trick for Tottenham in a 4-0 thrashing of Huddersfield
Moura's fine finishing showed Tottenham can cope without injured Harry Kane and Dele Alli
But they will have Moura and Heung-min Son - and that is a goal threat City will ignore at their peril.
True, the opposition was hardly taxing. For Huddersfield, the season is over. Done with. They are down.
But for Spurs, there is still so much at stake. As well as a place in Premier League the top four, they are looking for a place in the last four of Europe's premier club competition.
Hence the seven changes from the line-up that secured a 1-0 lead in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City in midweek.
No Harry Kane. Injured. No Dele Alli. Also injured.
But with one eye on Wednesday's second leg at the Etihad, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino opted to leave Kieran Tripper, Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose and Son on the bench and Harry
